Némirovsky, Irène
1903 - 1942

French author, born in Kyiv by Russian-Jewish parents. Her father was one of the richest bankers of Tsarist Russia, and...

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Maugham, W. Somerset
1874 - 1965

William Somerset Maugham was a British author born in Paris. His father was a lawyer at the British Embassy there. When...

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Miller, Henry
1891 - 1980

American author born in New York to German parents – Miller did allegedly not learn English until he started school. After b...

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Wolff, Tobias
1945 -

Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American author. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in the North Cascade...

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